PITAC Executive Orders
Advisory Committee - Summary of Executive Order 13035 as amended by
Executive Orders 13092, 13113, 13200, 13215 and 13305
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President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including the High-Performance
Computing Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-194) ("Act") as
amended by the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 (Public
Law 105-305) ("Research Act"), and in order to establish an advisory
committee on high-performance computing and communications, information
technology, and the Next Generation Internet, it is hereby ordered
as follows:
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Section 1. Establishment. There is established the "President's
Information Technology Advisory Committee" ("Committee").
The Committee shall consist of not more than 30 non-federal members
appointed by the President, including representatives of the research,
education, and library communities, network providers, and representatives
from critical industries. Members appointed prior to June 1, 2001,
shall serve until December 1, 2001, unless reappointed by the President.
Members appointed or reappointed on or after June 1, 2001, shall
serve for no more than 2 years from the date of their appointment,
unless their period of service is extended by the President. The
President shall designate two co-chairs from among the members of
the Committee. A co-chair may serve for a term of 2 years or until
the end of his or her service as a member of the Committee, whichever
is the shorter period.
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Sec. 2. Functions.
(a) The Committee shall provide the National Science
and Technology Council (NSTC), through the Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy ("Director"), with advice
and information on high-performance computing and communications,
information technology, and the Next Generation Internet. The Committee
shall provide an independent assessment of:
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progress made in implementing the High-Performance
Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program;
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progress in designing and implementing the Next
Generation Internet initiative;
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the need to revise the HPCC Program;
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balance among components of the HPCC Program;
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whether the research and development undertaken
pursuant to the HPCC Program is helping to maintain United States
leadership in advanced computing and communications technologies
and their applications; and
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other issues as specified by the Director.
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(b) The Committee shall carry out its responsibilities
under the Research Act in the manner described in the Research Act.
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Sec. 3. Administration. To the extent permitted by law
and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Department
of Defense shall provide the financial and administrative support
for the Committee. Further, the Director of the National Coordination
Office for Computing Information, and Communications ("Director
of the NCO") [now the NCO for ITR&D] shall provide such coordination and technical
assistance to the Committee as the co-chairs of the Committee may
request.
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The heads of executive agencies shall, to the
extent permitted by law, provide to the Committee such information
as it may require for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
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The co-chairs may, from time to time, invite experts
to submit information to the Committee and may form subcommittees
or working groups within the Committee to review specific issues.
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Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation
but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving
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Sec. 4. General.
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Notwithstanding any other Executive
order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, except that of reporting to the Congress,
that are applicable to the Committee shall be performed by the
Director of the NCO in accordance with guidelines that have
been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
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The committee shall terminate June
1, 2005, unless extended by the President prior to such date. |
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Executive order signed February 11, 1997;
first amended and signed July 24, 1998, second amended and signed
February 10, 1999, third amended and signed February 11, 2001, fourth
amended and signed May 31, 2001, and last amended and signed May 28,
2003.
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